PS4

Hoggy2 is the sequel to a game we had no idea even existed until Ratalaika sent it to us for review. Yet it all seems very familiar despite that. The titular Hoggy is an amorphous blob that doesn’t remind us of Kirby in the slightest, oh no. His continuing mission […]

Hoggy2 – PS4 Review

25 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged fruity / moon pricks / ratalaika by Ian

When I first saw Songbird Symphony being advertised on the PlayStation YouTube channel, I couldn’t help but be reminded of a section in the classic Mega Drive (Genesis for those who are wrong) game, Ristar. For those that managed to breach past the lava world, they were greeted with a […]

Songbird Symphony – PS4 Review

23 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged birds / glowflies / joysteak / Songbird / studios / Symphony by Grizz

Mochi Mochi Boy is the latest from Ratalaika Games. It shares a developer in common with fairly recent release Super Weekend Mode in solo coder Pixel Teriyaki. It also has look and feel in common with Super Weekend Mode, sharing many graphical assets. Thankfully gameplay is different in this case […]

Mochi Mochi Boy – PS4 Review

22 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged keita takahashi inspired / mochi / puzzle / ratalaika by Ian

Just under eight months after the main game came out the second paid DLC has released for Darksiders III (read our original review here). Keepers of the Void introduces a puzzle heavy area of the game, providing new enemies, bosses, four new sub-weapons and the reward of a unique looking […]

Darksiders III – Keepers of the Void DLC – PS4 ...

18 Jul, 2019 in PS4 tagged abyssal armor / darksiders / dlc / filler episode / keepers of the void / puzzles / stone everywhere by Gareth

After Attack of the Toy Tanks by Petite Games by way of Ratalaika just over a week ago, comes Bouncy Bullets from the same developer, also published by Ratalaika Games. Perhaps next week we’ll get a game beginning with C? At any rate, what we have here is a 3D […]

Bouncy Bullets – PS4 Review

14 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged 3d platformer / derp neko / ratalaika by Ian

It only feels like five minutes since we were reviewing Snooker Nation Championship which was one of two snooker titles to come out in close succession earlier this year. While it lacked the licensed players and venues, we found it to be more fun than Snooker 19 but we did […]

Pool Nation – PS4 Review

12 Jul, 2019 in PS4 tagged jimmy white or something / pool / pool nation / snooker / sport / tables by Richie

PSN isn’t exactly short of 16-bit style shooters and so it can be hard to get too hyped about one but Blazing Chrome by Brazilian coding shop JoyMasher is one such game that has gained some attention recently thanks to a decent trailer and what appears to be a fairly authentic […]

Blazing Chrome – PS4 Review

11 Jul, 2019 in PS4 tagged blazing chrome / contra / megadrive vibes for real / metal slug / retro / run and gun by Richie

New Star Games’ New Star Soccer was maybe the last iOS game that really hooked me in. I spent the sort of time on it that when I uninstalled it, it was mainly to get my life back. The follow up, New Star Manager, took some of the concepts of the original and […]

New Star Manager – PS4 Review

9 Jul, 2019 in PS4 tagged football / management / new star manager by Richie

The 2019 Tour De France pushes off this coming Saturday July 6th in Brussels. Yes, we know that’s in Belgium. But anyway. As if on cue, we have a review for the tie-in videogame from Cyanide Studio by way of their parent publisher Big Ben Interactive. Our man Mike reviewed […]

Tour De France 2019 – PS4 Review

6 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cycling / le grand boucle / tour de france by Ian

Sometimes a game comes along that is so simple in terms of execution of concept, it hardly needs any further explanation. From small developer Petite Games by way of publisher Ratalaika Games comes Attack of the Toy Tanks. The title alone says it all. You play a solo toy tank […]

Attack of the Toy Tanks – PS4 Review

5 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ps4 / ratalaika / Tanks / tanks for the memories / vita by Ian

Ratalaika Games are back again this week with Paradox Soul on PS4 and Vita. As usual that means a quick and easy platinum trophy for each system, but this time the genre is Metroidvania. A quick google search will find a browser version of this game to play for free, […]

Paradox Soul – PS4/Vita Review

5 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Vita tagged 2d / easy platinum / metroidvania / paradox soul / ratalaika / retro by Gareth

Frogware’s output marks them as something of an adventure game specialist. Working almost exclusively with Sherlock Holmes titles, they’ve now swapped the deer stalker for some Eldritch tentacles. The Sinking City substitutes Victorian England for Massachusetts with some Lovecraftian horror thrown in. It’s well-trodden lore but what’s delivered is a […]

The Sinking City – PS4 Review

5 Jul, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Adventure game / frogwares / investigations / lovecraft / Massachusetts / private detective / survival horror / the sinking city by Mike